§5.1.1ὅσοι δὲ Ἑλλήνων Πελοποννήσου πέντε εἶναι μοίρας καὶ οὐ πλείονάς φασιν, ἀνάγκη σφᾶς ὁμολογεῖν ὡς ἐν τῇ Ἀρκάδων οἰκοῦσιν Ἠλεῖοι καὶ Ἀρκάδες, δευτέρα δὲ Ἀχαιῶν, τρεῖς δὲ ἐπὶ ταύταις αἱ Δωριέων.
Those of the Greeks who say that the Peloponnese consists of five parts and no more, must of necessity admit that in the land of the Arcadians dwell the Eleans and the Arcadians, that the second part belongs to the Achaeans, and that three parts besides these belong to the Dorians.
γένη δὲ οἰκεῖ Πελοπόννησον Ἀρκάδες μὲν αὐτόχθονες καὶ Ἀχαιοί·
Among the races that inhabit the Peloponnese, the Arcadians and the Achaeans are indigenous.
καὶ οἱ μὲν ὑπὸ Δωριέων ἐκ τῆς σφετέρας ἀνέστησαν, οὐ μέντοι Πελοποννήσου γε ἐξεχώρησαν, ἀλλὰ ἐκβαλόντες Ἴωνας νέμονται τὸν Αἰγιαλὸν τὸ ἀρχαῖον, νῦν δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν τούτων καλούμενον·
And the latter were driven from their own land by the Dorians, yet they did not depart from the Peloponnese, but having expelled the Ionians, they occupy the region anciently called Aegialus, but now named after these Achaeans.
§5.1.2οἱ δὲ Ἀρκάδες διατελοῦσιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐς τόδε τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἔχοντες.
But the Arcadians from the beginning and down to this day continue to possess their own land.
τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ἐπηλύδων ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπων.
The remaining parts belong to immigrant peoples.
Κορίνθιοι μὲν γὰρ οἱ νῦν νεώτατοι Πελοποννησίων εἰσί, καί σφισιν, ἀφʼ οὗ τὴν γῆν παρὰ βασιλέως ἔχουσιν, εἴκοσιν ἔτη καὶ διακόσια τριῶν δέοντα ἦν ἐς ἐμέ·
For the Corinthians of today are the newest of the Peloponnesians, and from the time when they received their land from the emperor, two hundred and seventeen years had elapsed down to my time.
Δρύοπες δὲ καὶ Δωριεῖς, οἱ μὲν ἐκ Παρνασσοῦ, Δωριεῖς δὲ ἐκ τῆς Οἴτης ἐς Πελοπόννησόν εἰσιν ἀφιγμένοι.
As for the Dryopes and the Dorians, the former came from Parnassus, and the Dorians from Oeta into the Peloponnese.
§5.1.3τοὺς Ἠλείους ἴσμεν ἐκ Καλυδῶνος διαβεβηκότας καὶ Αἰτωλίας τῆς ἄλλης· τὰ δὲ ἔτι παλαιότερα ἐς αὐτοὺς τοιάδε εὕρισκον.
The Eleans we know to have crossed over from Calydon and the rest of Aetolia; and as for their still more ancient history, I found it to be as follows.
βασιλεῦσαι πρῶτον ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ λέγουσιν Ἀέθλιον, παῖδα δὲ αὐτὸν Διός τε εἶναι καὶ Πρωτογενείας τῆς Δευκαλίωνος, Ἀεθλίου δὲ Ἐνδυμίωνα γενέσθαι·
They say that Aethlius was the first to reign in this land, and that he was the son of Zeus and Protogeneia, the daughter of Deucalion, and that from Aethlius was born Endymion.
§5.1.4τούτου τοῦ Ἐνδυμίωνος Σελήνην φασὶν ἐρασθῆναι, καὶ ὡς θυγατέρες αὐτῷ γένοιντο ἐκ τῆς θεοῦ πεντήκοντα.
Of this Endymion they say Selene was enamored, and that fifty daughters were born to him from the goddess.
οἱ δὲ δὴ μᾶλλόν τι εἰκότα λέγοντες Ἐνδυμίωνι λαβόντι Ἀστεροδίαν γυναῖκα—οἱ δὲ τὴν Ἰτώνου τοῦ Ἀμφικτύονος Χρομίαν, ἄλλοι δὲ Ὑπερίππην τὴν Ἀρκάδος—, γενέσθαι δʼ οὖν φασιν αὐτῷ Παίονα καὶ Ἐπειόν τε καὶ Αἰτωλὸν καὶ θυγατέρα ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς Εὐρυκύδαν.
But those who say what is more probable, declare that Endymion took Asterodia as his wife—some say Chromia, the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, and others Hyperippe, the daughter of Arcas—and that, at any rate, there were born to him Paeon, Epeius, Aetolus, and besides them a daughter Eurycyda.
ἔθηκε δὲ καὶ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ δρόμου τοῖς παισὶν ἀγῶνα Ἐνδυμίων ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἐνίκησε καὶ ἔσχε τὴν βασιλείαν Ἐπειός· καὶ Ἐπειοὶ πρῶτον τότε ὧν ἦρχεν ὠνομάσθησαν.
And Endymion also instituted a race in Olympia for his sons to compete for the kingdom, and Epeius won and obtained the sovereignty; and those whom he ruled were then first named Epeians.
§5.1.5τῶν δὲ ἀδελφῶν οἱ τὸν μὲν καταμεῖναί φασιν αὐτοῦ, Παίονα δὲ ἀχθόμενον τῇ ἥσσῃ φυγεῖν ὡς πορρωτάτω, καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ Ἀξιοῦ ποταμοῦ χώραν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ Παιονίαν ὀνομασθῆναι.
Of his brothers, they say that one remained there, but Paeon, vexed at his defeat, fled as far away as possible, and the country beyond the river Axius was named Paeonia after him.
τὰ δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἐνδυμίωνος τελευτὴν οὐ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ Ἡρακλεῶταί τε οἱ πρὸς Μιλήτῳ καὶ Ἠλεῖοι λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ Ἠλεῖοι μὲν ἀποφαίνουσιν Ἐνδυμίωνος μνῆμα, Ἡρακλεῶται δὲ ἐς Λάτμον τὸ ὄρος ἀποχωρῆσαί φασιν αὐτὸν καὶ τιμὴν αὐτῷ νέμουσι, καὶ ἄδυτον Ἐνδυμίωνός ἐστιν ἐν τῷ Λάτμῳ.
As to the death of Endymion, the Heracleots near Miletus and the Eleans do not agree in their accounts; for while the Eleans point to the tomb of Endymion, the Heracleots say that he withdrew to Mount Latmus and they pay him honor, and there is a sanctuary of Endymion on Latmus.
§5.1.6Ἐπειῷ δὲ γήμαντι Ἀναξιρόην τὴν Κορώνου θυγάτηρ μὲν Ὑρμίνα, ἄρσεν δὲ οὐκ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ γένος·
To Epeius, who married Anaxiroe, the daughter of Coronus, there was born a daughter Hyrmina, but no male offspring.
καὶ τάδε ἄλλα συνέβη κατʼ Ἐπειὸν βασιλεύοντα.
And these other things happened during the reign of Epeius.
Οἰνόμαος ὁ Ἀλξίωνος, Ἄρεως δὲ καθὰ ποιηταί τε ἐπεφήμισαν καὶ τῶν πολλῶν ἐστιν ἐς αὐτὸν λόγος, οὗτος δυναστεύων περὶ τὴν Πισαίαν καλουμένην ὁ Οἰνόμαος ἐπαύθη τῆς ἀρχῆς διαβάντος Πέλοπος τοῦ Λυδοῦ ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας.
Oenomaus, the son of Alxion—though poets have proclaimed him, and the common report is, the son of Ares—this Oenomaus, who ruled around the region called Pisaia, was deposed from his sovereignty when Pelops the Lydian crossed over from Asia.